Bruce Howell

I use the L2 Ultramaximizer all the time. I also use the Restoration plugins a lot, because those guys they just go in there, there are no notes, no anything, “We’re going to read six pages.” And they’ll change up the characters, they do all the voices, they do all the females, all the little kids, everything, and there is no time to adjust when they’re performing, because it’s as close to real-time as you can get. So, basically, I let them go and I leave the mic open, and when they scream I turn it down, and when they whisper sometimes I can’t catch it, so the noise floor comes up a lot. I use X-Noise all the time to clean that stuff up. For music, I use a completely different set of stuff, like MaxxBass and L2. I pretty much use everything, every EQ and every compressor and every limiter.

I got into Waves like very early on, back when Pro Tools was just a baby as well, and I was producing music and stuff like that. And I’ve always thought they sounded the best, they sound the most transparent. My motto was always just buy the best tools you can and then do the best job you can, never skimp on anything because that’s your career, you know? So I’ve always pursued the best quality stuff, whether it’s mic pres or microphones or guitars or anything. I first ran across Waves many, many years ago, and then when I got this gig, I started to use them. In fact, I started using them on the movies and all this other kind of stuff, and when there’d be enough money for me to bolster up my own system, I’d buy the Diamond bundle or something and use that for the South Park movie, and then I bought a whole bunch of other stuff for the Team America movie.

At 1:33:18 Bruce can be seen with a Gibson Korina Flying V.